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Home»Search by Region»Africa»Euromena Awards for Tech Startups in the MENA Region 2018

Euromena Awards for Tech Startups in the MENA Region 2018

Opportunity DeskSeptember 24, 20183 Mins Read
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Deadline: October 29, 2018

The Euromena Awards for MENA Region is open for applications. The Euromena Awards is an annual startup competition organized by Euromena Consulting to benefit local and regional startups. The Euromena Consulting launches the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Edition of the Awards to empower and equip startups to scale their businesses in the region.

Are you a MENA-based tech startup with a social impact looking to expand your business? Apply today to the Euromena Awards – MENA Edition. The Awards ceremony will be hosted in Beirut, Lebanon at the heart of the startup ecosystem in Beirut Digital District (BDD) on the 6th of December 2018.

The objective of the Euromena Awards – MENA Edition is to address the region’s most pressing problems through technology that serves a social impact. Amid a rapidly developing startup and tech scene in the MENA region, Euromena Consulting is eager to learn more about and engage with the region’s promising social enterprises that can demonstrate a clear impact on local problems.

Themes

The Euromena Awards – MENA Edition welcome startups that aim to resolve a specific challenge or problem, and that include social impact as part of their business’ core values. They can be aligned with any of the below themes:

  1. Education
  2. Culture
  3. Gender Equality
  4. Discrimination
  5. Youth
  6. Health
  7. Financial Inclusion
  8. Environment
  9. Social and Economic Development

Awards

  1. 6 months of customized, high quality business consulting support including coaching, mentorship, and advisory services adapted to the winner’s needs, valued at US$150,000
  2. Networking, exposure and access through Euromena Consulting’s vast existing network of key stakeholders across the MENA region
  3. Local and regional engagement with partners, clients and beneficiaries through access to Euromena Consulting events and opportunities
  4. Financial support for top three winners
    1. $10,000 for the winner
    2. $3,000 for the 2nd place
    3. $2,000 for the 3rd place

Eligibility

The Euromena Awards – MENA Edition welcome businesses that meet the following criteria:

  1. They must be in “startup” mode and seeking to expand or scale-up
  2. They must respond to a clear social impact, whereby an intentional positive outcome is meant to solve a certain social challenge or problem
  3. They must use technology either as a tool or as an end product or service
  4. They must demonstrate economic viability
  5. They must have a fully working product/service that has already been produced/launched
  6. They must be based in one of the following eligible countries: Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Iraq, Yemen, Qatar, KSA, Bahrain, UAE, Kuwait, and Oman

Selection Criteria

The jury members will select the finalists based on the following main criteria:

  1. Quality of idea – level of innovation, level of competitiveness, use of technology
  2. Quality of product/service – clarity of ideas, scalability
  3. Quality of business model – clarity of vision, clarity of approach, sustainability
  4. Quality of management/leadership – educational/professional backgrounds, team organization and division of tasks
  5. Level of impact – evaluation of the level of impact on surrounding society or environment
  6. Feasibility – social and economic

Application

Click here to apply.

For more information, visit Euromena Awards.

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